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Are you scientifically literate?

Jan 09, 2012 13:48

Are you scientifically literate? Take our quiz
You may have an opinion on climate change, evolution education, stem-cell research, and science funding. But do you have the facts to back up your opinion? This quiz will test your basic scientific literacy.

50 multiple choice questions.

Some of these are gimmes. Some of them are more math then ( Read more... )

astronomy, biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, geology, everything you know is wrong, paleontology, history

Comments 42

msloserrific January 9 2012, 22:00:14 UTC

I do not have confidence in my scientific literacy going into this test, lol

cheez_ball January 9 2012, 22:02:31 UTC

This has been passed around quite a bit before now. I got bored and gave up about 10 questions in. I guess this is why people think science is so boring?

thedrowned January 9 2012, 22:04:54 UTC

"I missed #43, I totally forgot the correct term! (I also misclicked #46 but I SWEAR I knew it!)"

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lady_wormtongue January 9 2012, 22:16:02 UTC

I thought it was fun, though I thought I would do better than 40 out of 50. That's what I get for taking music classes instead of physics in high school.

slinkslowdown January 9 2012, 22:21:38 UTC

I got 60%. Damn math questions. :C